Former Scout Says The Cowboys Passed On Eagles RB McCoy

The Cowboys gave running back LeSean McCoy a first-round grade but passed on him in the second-round according to a former Cowboys scout.

In an interview on KRLD Radio via the Dallas Morning News, former scout Bryan Broaddus said, “If you go back to the 2009 draft, they sat there and they had LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade. The problem was, they weren’t willing to take LeSean McCoy.

“That’s the issue. Don’t windowdress your board. They’re sitting there in the second round and they’ve got LeSean McCoy with a first-round grade on their board. That’s value. They did it (got it right) with Sean Lee, they did it with Bruce Carter. They sat there, they took the guy that was on the board that they were supposed to take.”

“Mistakes are made when you jump around on the board. Jerry’s done it a couple of different times. The Quincy Carter draft, we had Kendrell Bell there, first-round grade, ends up going the second round; goes right behind us to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ends up being AFC defensive rookie of the year. And then we take Quincy Carter. That was a forced pick right there. You had a guy there you had a better grade on, you probably could have got Quincy Carter later in the draft. That’s where you get in trouble leapfrogging around.”